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a SOLDIER UNDER NAPOLEON.

DO YOU see that tumbc-down cottage there,
BEYOND the road by tho sycamore tree, ,
with rags In the broken windowpanes,
And thorns where the Hower.pots used 10 bcf
You never would think, In such place,
10 meet an old hero face TO face
A soldier under Napoleon.
There's little heroic, I confess,
In the withored old man In his corner chair;
Not "a tooth nor thought In his hairless head,
As ne sits and mumbles and grumbles there !;
Hut IL ninety years take much away,
His title, at least, viii always stay
A soldier under Napoleon.
Mis- dim eyes watch his daughter ut work
A thin old woman In calico;
he sometimes notes her grandson NJ play
With his painted soldiers all In row;
And he dearly loves his pint Of gin
And his black clay pipe, this man who has been
soldier under Napoleon.
but Jena, Marenro, AusterlitZ,
And last and bloodicst Waterfront
VIII his eye not fash II speak these words,
And the sluggish blood in his veins burn true'
He's deaf, but I'll shout them out TIL he hear,
And in memory's light, AZ least appear
A soldier under Napoleon.
''Good sir" say "do you rccollect
That last greal day when, the records tell,
You fought so bravely, nor quit your post
TIL the last man left OF your comrades fellr'
.-Tyc los, the Names" he says 10 me-
~ Just remember used TO be
4 soldier under Napoleon"
&C. f. Richardso. u H1rpers Nva;iw
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-03-26

When Cleveland took hold of the ship il
Washington he appointed Bill Hyde pos'mas
ter at St Louis. About the first net of thu
new official was to find out the politics of hi
s'bordinatcs. and this done he began sitting
Republicans from Democrats without any IL
gard for the civil service law. Among The
employees who lost their heads was good Re
publican who had been in the office ever since
the assassination of President Lincoln. Thi:
man called on Hyde the day after his dis
miSsal and said:
Mr. Hyde, received a note from you
yesterday in which you say that my services
are no longer required in the postofli e."
That's right" replied Hyde in harsh
voice.
"But want a reason-I demand one"
"rhat viii do you no good"
"Mr. HYDE" said the Republican. lifting
his voice to a high key, Il insist that bt
given reason for my dismissal"
"Well," replied Hyde, IF you must have 4
reason, I'll give you one. The truth OF the
matter Is, don't like the color OF your eye
brows Chicago Herald.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-03-26
A NEW LEAsE OF LIFE.

When one has been suffering the agonies
Of severe attack Of rheumatism, neural.
gia or sciatica, and relief comes, il seems as
if new lease of life had been granted.
Such have been the feelings Of thousands
who, after trying Physicians and number.
less remedies, have used Athlophoros and
found to their great JOY that this medicine
really did cure these diseases.
Dolph Hotchkiss, No. Clio Hancock St.,
Peoria, H., says: Last winter, was taken
with severe pin in my ankle, it felt at
first as If had sprained it. found it was
impossibleto walk. The pain became more
severe and my ankle gradually swelled up
until it seemed as if the flesh would burst,
1t was almost impossible for me to lie in
bed the least noise, or upon being moved,
would cause the greatest agony. After
being in bed month l was moved
into an easy chair where / laid for two
months more, suffering more than any
words could express. The doctors could
do nothing for me. | used about every
medicine had ever heard of for rhedma-
tism. Nothing afforded me any relief A
friend living in Chicago wrote: Try Ath-
lophoros, it cured me- | sent at once and
bought bottle, commencing using it.
had terrible buzzing in my head, but as
it said in the directions would have this
If it took hold of the disease ! stuck to it,
| think it was on Monday evening ]
first commenced with the Athlophoros;
by the following Saturday the pain was
nearly all gone, the swelling reduced
and with the aid of pair of crutche.
| went out for the first time in three
months. | continued taking the Athlo.
phoros until had used four bottles, my
pain and swelling had all gone and / had
no further use for crutches.'
Every druggist should keep Athlophoros
and A.hlophoros Pills, but where they can
not be bought of the druggist the A,hlo.
phoros Co., ll2 Wall St., New York, will
send either Carriage paid on receipt Of
regular price, which is $l0O per bottle
for Athlophoros and SOC. for Pills.
For liver and kidney diseases, dyspepsia, in
digestion, weakness, nervous debility, diseases
Of women. constipation. headache impure
blood, &c, Athlophorns Pills are unequaled, 6
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-03-26

One of the Boston ministers tells a story
of Phillips Brooks which is quite toe
Brooksy not TO be true. The minister had
occasion TO look up "a very poor family
and climbed up four flights of stairs in a
nosome tenement house on his crrand
His tap at tho door was answered by
Phillips Brooks with II baby in his arms
Inquiry revealed the fact that the woman
had been very sick and sorcy needed
fresh air. but had no one with whom "a
leave her little baby. Phillips Brooks
found her out, gave her tickets for a
horse-car ride, and was staying tending
the baby while she enjoyed it,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-03-26
Difference of Taste In Novels.

Andrew Lang, to whom Rider Haggards
"She' is dedicated, prefaces a signed review
in The Academy very aptly with these words:
"Taere are stories which, like the murder up
plauded 10y Toad-in-the- Hole, you can safely
recommend to "A friend One would need to
know the friend very well before recommend
ins to him "She." Nothing, says George
Eliot, is more destructive to friendship than
IA difference in taste Of jokes. But diifer-
ence Of taste in novels is nearly as apt to pol
son affection. l have acquaintance to whom
l dare not mention Thackeray, Others with
whom 'Huckleherry Finn is a tabooed subject,
and one who does not like Pickwick:A u
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Queer Freak OF n Iieifer.

Thomas Broxton, Of st. Simon's Mills,
Ga, has heifer that has adopted large
dog belonging to a neighbor. She has
never had calf, but treats the dog as II
he were one, and shows great anxiety and
worry when separated from him. She
will attack other dogs and drive them
away, and even attacks persons in de-
Tense of the dog Mr. Broxton undertook
TO drive her away from the dog few
evenings since, when she turned on him
and drove him indoors for safety
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Elmer Fiirchi'd commenced 10 carry
the mail ~ m + rm ri 'ge u Loslan' last
Tuesday; viii .nrrr the mall until July Isl
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4, GRIGGS, Attorney ana Counselor at Law
\. Office in Lynch's block, Main street. Ottawa. ILL.,
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r w. BRFwE ;R, Attorney and Counselor q,
IL. Law. and Notary Public Rooms d 10, Opera
House Block, Ottawa. H.
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~ Mcl)OU} A Iii, Attorney at Law. Ottawa
~. III. Once In Gedney's Block dec2O
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ID II. LINCOLN, Attorney at Law. Once
~. over No 10 la Sale street, west side ~ the
- iyt House Ottawa III. july376
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mr. II. w. WEBS, tDeutcher I,octorJ late
~ Physician and Surgeon TO the 81. Louis Female
Hospts Office over Stiefes Clothing Store corner o.
Main and La sale strests Residence on south blnn
II Mrs Ren=s. apps
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~ G.. IREN AIRY, Attorney al Law. once
with L. W. Brewer, IoOn 5, 10, Opera House
BIocS Ottawa ILL., ,un9
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IL - - Az - ~ 4. II - ~ ~
OF OTTAWA
Capital $1,000 -
n. N. HAMILTON ........................fr t~ldrnt
WILLIAM CULLEN ........ go. Vice President
DIRECTORS.
Edward &. Swift, Lorenzo Leland.
Phoebe VI Bushnell, y Griggs,
VIM. Cullen, JOhn r. NASH.
n. ". Hamilton.
Exchange ON chicago, New York, and sll the prime
pal citles u the United States bought and sold,
Exchange on England Ireland, Scotland and Cont
mental Europe drawn in sums to suit
United States Bonds, Gold and Silver bought ana sold
our mllitics are such that We can offer Inducements
10 customers ard we shall enaeavors 10 give
sotisfac,.n to those entrusung with their business
Bank w hours from 81. NJ. toiPM
JOHN NASH. Cashier.
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nR. =. RYBURN, Ottawa, III. Office /
~ Opera House Block. In Office day and night.
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III Nj. BASCOM, NJ. D.,
Office Hours, ITO I. Office and Residence,
Always In Office during Office hours. =. .. BLOCK
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mr. q. MILLER, the well known Oculis
~ and Aurlst. ottawa H. Office, over Lynchs dry
goods store, Main street.
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IOHN Il. RICE, Attorney at Law. ReddCkS
d Block, city of Ottawa. VIII practice law IN La
sale aud adjoining counties, and In the Appellat.
and supreme Courts. sep2O-'yrs
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ny 81 CIA n Q /.

DR. Oh RIIT "a ~ DERSi- successor
- tn Dr. Alcinda Autcn. once Opera House Bloch
OTTAWA mi Telephone No. l2I sepl3
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rEORCiE =. ELDREI)CfF, Attorney
" Law ONCE In Postoflce Block Ottawa. III sprl
Kinney MAYO JOHN a. wIDMIR.
MAYO " wIDN1ER, Attorney at law
WI Office In Eattinger's Block, corner OF q sale
ard Main streets front room uD stairs Ottawa III
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II NJ. GODFREY, NJ. d., l. Il c. D.
IL. Edinburg Office, In Armour'e new building. o.
Madison street. Residence II Webster ST. sHR1lU
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-01-06
A PROTEST..
Commissioner Colman Writes a Protesting
Letter to Governor Oglesby.

Commissioner COlman Writes a Protesting
Letter to Governor Oslesby.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-CommisSioner Col
man has written letter to Governor Ogles-
by, Of Illinois, sharply protesting against
what he terms the violation by the Illinois
State Live Stock Commission of the rules
prepared by the Commissioner of Agrcul-
ture, to regulate the cooperation between
the general Government and the State for
the suppression Of pleurO-pneumOnia, and
accepted by Governor Ogle3by on behalf of
Illinois. He cites rule 10, providing that
''au animals affected with contagious
pleuro-pneumonla are to be slaughtered as
soon after their discovery as the necessary
arrangements can be made" and says: ut
is notorious that such affected animals were
not promptly slaughtered in the distilleries
upon the Harvey farm, or in other infected
herds.'' He declares that, in spite of the
express stipulation that incubation shall
not be practiced in Illinois, incubation has
been permitted. He calls attention to the
provisions that guarantees shall not be re-
moved without due notice to the department
of agriculture, and that all necessary disin-
lection shall be conducted by the depart
ment, and declares that there have been
violations of these rules Of 80 important a
character that they threaten to impair, if
not destroy, the value of all that has been
done in Chicago, and may lead to results SO
far reaching and disastrous to the whole
country that can not allow them to pass
without entering most emphatic protest."
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-01-06
ABOUT MESCAL.
A FavOrite Mexican Beverage That May
Cause Some Trouble.

A FavOrfte Mexican Beverage That May
Cause Some Trouble.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-The Capital ycster-
day published an account Of the results OF
an experiment made here by several gen
tlemen in drinking Mexican mescal.
Soon after the alleged ungentlemanly con-
duct of Minister Manning in Mexico was
made public here, a number of officials con-
rected with the scientific bureaus of the
Government determined to test the effects
of the famed mescaL In order that they
'might try the real stuff they sent for a
supply to Piedras Negras. The tip
pie arrived on Tuesday, and Fri
day afternoon about dozen of
them met in club house and tried the
drink in very small doses. Only one of
the party was able to give his experience
yesterday. He says the others may be
able to put in an appearance at their re-
spective offices by next Tuesday, if they
suffer no relapses; but they all curse mes
cal from the bottom Of their hearts. This
gentleman says he drank less than quar-
ter of a gill Of it, mixed with about the
same quantity of port wine. He remem.
bers nothing since five o'clock Friday even
ing, but gives it as his opinion that if it
can be proved that the citizens of Mexico
really did put any of the stuff in Minister
Manning's wine the United States has
good cause for declaration of war.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-01-06
MORE or THE ROBBERY.

WittrOck Talks-He Says Fotherinsham
Had Nothing to Do with the Express
Robbery-He Alone Did the Job-Those
to BE Prosecuted.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. a.-Soturday morning
Robert A. Pinkerton and Superintendent
Damsel, OF the Adams express company,
having in charge Fred Wittrock, the noted
express robber, arrived from Kansas City
and Assistant Superintendent Robertson Of
Pinkerton's agency brought the accOmplice,
Weaver, from Chicago. Fred Wittrock
said that he and Haight had planned
the robbery and all talk about
Mrs. Haight having done all the head work
was mere talk aud nothing more. Fother-
ii tham had known nothing about the con-
templated robbery and suspected nothing
wrong after he (Wittrock) had entered the
car until he was thrown down and dis
armed. In response to questions Wittrock
said; II am twenty=siX Years OF age and a
single mai, Though my neighbors in Chi
cage thought was married man. don't
want to say any. thing about the woman
with whom l lived there. l lived in
Leavenworth, Kan, since 1859, and up to a
couple Of years ago, when / went to Chi
cago, where l Kept little coal yard-a
small concern-until my business was in
terrupted as you already know. l went to
school in Leavenworth and after l got
through / kept books for six years for Mr.
Burdette, vino was also a prominent Odd
Fellow. I'm an Odd Fellow myself
lived in Chicago up to about October 20, or
about five or six days before the robbery.
Then l came to st. Louis and secured a
room at Mrs. Berry's, 2i0S Chestnut
street."
Witrock was rather communicative and
gave in detail an account Of the robbery,
exculpating Fotheringham and stating in
effect that his partners weakened when
time to act came, and that he alone COM
mitted the decd, and that he paid the others
literally to keep them quiet He said his
only object in writing the Jim Cummings"
letters was to free Fotheringham, who is
entirely innocent of the charge.
ST. Louis. Jan. 3.-Fred WittrocE, Thomas
Weaver and w. W. Haight, the latter of
whom was brought here from Louisville
yesterday, were photographed at the Four
Courts. These are the only members
Of the express robbery gang who will
be prosecuted in this city. All the others
who were arrested have been released with
the exception Of Oscar Cook, who will an
swer to the court in Kansas City. All of
the money found in the possession of KIM
ney, Mrs. Haight and others has been re-
covered, and as they knew nothing of the
robbery until their arrest they will not be
prosecuted.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-01-06
A Munfficent Beuuest.

BosToN, Dec. 3O.-Harvard College re-
ceives some 5000 from the will of John
Q. A. Williams, which was filed in the
Suffolk County probate court to-day. The
estate is left in trust, and after the bequest
OF several legacies, when the residue shall
have reached 100000, it is to be given to
the president and fellows Of Harvard Col
lege The sum of 10000 is to be set apart
and known as the Abraham Williams fund,
in memory of the testators father and
grandfather, the latter a member of the
class of 1744. The fund Of $4,000 is to be
used in aiding needy and meritorious stu
dents, who are to consider such aid as debts
Of honor, and also for the library of the
college,
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-01-06
WAR PURCHASES,
Numberiess Contingencies to Which Gov
eminent Contracts Are Subject.

NumberieSS Contingencies to Which Gov
eminent Contracts Are Subject.
In considering the question of pur-
chase by contract it must not be over
| looked that while conditions may be
strictly defined and enforced in tran
quill times of peace, the eXigcncies of
war must always entail disadvantages
with which the ablest administrators
will find it impossible to successfully
contend. During the recent Egyptian
campaign, for instance, demands were
unexpectedly made for steamers,
barges of special and costly construc-
ton, for whalers by the hundred, for
railway locomotives, for tanks, fol
pumps, and for innumerable appliances
which were never dreamed of in former
wars. The construction of the Sua.
kim-Berber railway, suddenly deter
mined upon in the spring OF
1885, entailed the purchase of plant
and the devising of means for the ex-
petitions carrying out of public work
of unparalleled difficulty and upon
scale which would have called into
play the utmost deliberation, skill ano
attention to detail had it been under,
taken under all the advantages that
would fave attended its execution
amid the ordinary conditions expert
enced by such undertakings at home.
In an incredibly short time the mate
rial was on its way out. A few
months might possibly have seen the
construction of a railway in the desert
extending for distance equal to that
between London and York. AS mat
ter of fact, a few months saw rails and
locomotives, and all the thousand
and-one appliances of so vast an under.
taking, on their way home again. The
country has thus in reserve a gigantic
white elephant as an unpleasant
souvenir OF an enterprise conceived tc
meet an emergency. and abandoned or
the next turn of the kaleidoscope, but
entailinga cost which is credibly placed
at something like three-quarters of
million! In like manner contracts
made for the supply of an army in tn:
field must be subject to numberless con-
At one time a supply of
twenty thousand pounds of fresh meat
was required for the rations of troops
in Egypt, and arrangements were made
with Constantinople company for this
service. With the reduction in the
forces the contract had to be modified,
and the contractors claims for loss of
profit had to be determined by an arbi-
TRAITOR On the whisper of war with
Russia. supplies of grain and of other
more perishable requisites have to &c
bought in the open market, and when
the scare has passed over to be sold
again in like manner. Under such cir
it is impossible to imagine |
that contracts can be made or enforced
with the precision ordinarily exercised.
1t is an unfortunate fact, too, that in
appeals to courts of law for the en-
forcement of conditions, for the recov-
cry of penalties for non-fulfillment, OK
for the punishment of fraudulent prac- |
tees, the prejudices of juries are al.
ways dead against the Crown.-C0ss.
Reuiev.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-01-06
MONEY RECOVERED.

The Arrest of "Jim Cummings Results ir
the Recovery of Much of the Stoler
Money.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Dec. 30.-When the
train from Leavenworth pulled into the
Union Depot yesterday morning, attached
to it was special car containing none other
than Fred Whitrock, alias "Jim Cummings
the principal in the Adams Express rob-
berry on the Frisco road, accompanied by
Robert Pinkerton and several of his detec-
tives Few of the curious crowd who as
sembled at the depot were aware of this
fact, and the party had departed for Atchi-
son before hardly any one was aware of
their identity. Some hours later, OH the
evening train in fact, the party returned to
Kansas City, and ':Jim Cummings" was
placed in hack and driven to the Office OF
the Adams Express Company, where he re-
manned in the custody of detectives until
about one O'Clock this morning, when he
was removed to the st. James Hotel
While Whitrock, accompanied by Pink
erton, was in Atchison, where $4,000 of the
stolen money was recovered, detectives in
Kansas City were not idle, for from con-
fession made by Whitrcck they were en-
abled to locate sl7, 800 of the express money
buried in a spot not far from the distillery
and secured it all
Acting on information furnished by Oscar
Cook, members Of Pinkerton's force re-
paired to the East Bottoms yesterday and
visited the house occupied by Cook and his
family. After careful search Of the
promises the detectives discovered nothing
but on searching several hundred yards
from the house, bundle of the 'swagn
was found. The roll amounted to nearly
ST $50, and is portion Of Cooks share OF
the booty. The money was brought up
town and late last evening another search
was made, but without success, no more
money being found 1t is supposed that
several thousand dollars are still concealed
in this CITY
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-01-06
General Miles.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-General Miles has
started on his return to his command. Be-
fore going away he called on the Secretary
of War, and it is understood that the inter-
view which took place in the Secretary's
Office was interesting. General Miles has
been very FESTIVE under the censure con-
veyed in the Secretary's report, and has
asked both at the War Department and the
White House that some explanation be
made which should relieve him of the re-
Elections which seem to be put
upon him. The Secretary of War
was able to convince him that
he was not in reality suffering any injustice
and that he had been treated with consider
alton by the department. The sole COM
plant of the authorities in the matter of
the Apaches seems to be General Miles did
not telegraph promptly and fully the pre-
else terms of the surrender of Geronimo
and his gang.